stocks
/stɑks/noun, verb
stocks is spelled S-T-O-C-K-S: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stocks means “A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in stocks?
| Letters | 6: S-T-O-C-K-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 19 times per million words; the 4,444th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is stocks?
Stocks appears 19 times per million words in written English, the 4,444th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce stocks?
- UK /stɒks/
- US /stɑks/
Stocks has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stocks.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stocks?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stocks from its last stressed vowel (/ɑks/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does stocks mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A device, similar to a pillory, formerly used for public humiliation and punishment.
- 2
The frame upon which a ship is built, and from which it is launched.
- 3
plural of stock
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of stock
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stocks in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.